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[qst42know]

Why are the US sellers refusing to post outside of US?

They had a ridiculous fee change in mid April. Final value fee is assessed against the total transaction amount including shipping. eBay profits even more from the high cost of international shipping.

 

[Buzz]

Why not setup an accomodation address?

Mine costs £10 a year and if i buy something from someone in the US that will not ship international, i get them to post to my address in Miami.

The guys in Miami will hold my stuff and combine it up to a max of 70Kg's (for a small fee of course!) and send it to me via whichever courier they find the cheapest at the time.

Customs and excise is still a lottery.

Patnor is right, they are looking at a lot more packages than they used to but saying that, i would say that 4 out of 10 get through unmolested. Maybe i've just been lucky?

Buzz

 

[qst42know]

I don't mind sending anywhere however the service you are recommending is beyond my experience. Do you have any details on how this is done?

 

[Anonymous]

I have countless buyers overseas that have me ship to an accomodation address.I refuse to be held responsible for items that do not make it to an international address.A couple of years ago,I had a gentleman from haiti purchase a bunch of atomic absorbtion lamps from me and had me ship them to NY.Another buyer in china had me ship about 30 of them to california,and just last week I had a buyer in mexico have me ship 2 VERY LARGE items to georgia.I have not had an issue.........yet.

 

[qst42know]

Is this something I can hook my buyers up to? I haven't heard of such a service? I have sent items all over the world.

 

[Anonymous]

I am not familiar with how to set one up,all I know is when I have to ship to one of them.

 

[Buzz]

I don't mind sending anywhere however the service you are recommending is beyond my experience. Do you have any details on how this is done?

When i post within the UK, I use a company called Parcel2Go.

They also offer accomodation addresses in Miami for UK folks wanting to buy in the US.

They only accept so many per year and then take down the link.
There are many companies that offer the service, just google "accomodation addresses"
I'm sure you'll find one to suit.

The main benefit of using these services is that they will consolidate your parcels into one big one and charge postage for the single box. I have saved a lot of money over the years.

I'm sure stuff could go missing no matter who you choose but the courier that eventually delivers it to me
is usually DHL or UPS.

Buzz

 

[goldenchild]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Pentium-Pro-CPU-Gold-Scrap-OBAMA-Dollar-W-Rape-Whistle-/180658753613?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a1019d04d

WOW.

 

[jimdoc]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Pentium-Pro-CPU-Gold-Scrap-OBAMA-Dollar-W-Rape-Whistle-/180658753613?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a1019d04d

WOW.

Check this other auction he has;

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rubiks-Cube-Original-Art-Work-Most-Desirable-/180657522093?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a100705ad

And pentium pros without the rape whistle and Obammy dollars are only $39.99 each.

Jim

 

[goldenchild]

"You love Long Time Hung on Wall" :lol:

user name is typical_consumer

definately an enlightened person

 

[Barren Realms 007]

They are missing the cigar for Clinton and the clown suit for Obama.

 

[jimdoc]

"You love Long Time Hung on Wall" :lol:

While you eat your cobalt toast. In the alternate universe.

Jim

 

[qst42know]

Yea like Saint Bush didn't send us down this path.

I would appreciate it if we all kept politics off this forum because we aren't going to agree.

 

[Claudie]

I agree about the politics! Keeping them off the board I mean. Republican, Democrat, when will people learn that they are both politicians. :|

 

[patnor1011]

Lets talk about Parradium and.................. Put it on your toast... :mrgreen:

 

[Claudie]

Lets talk about Parradium and.................. Put it on your toast... :mrgreen:

What about the pratinum?

 

[jimdoc]

Wanna buy a little bit of silver?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Pallets-Monster-Boxes-25000oz-Silver-Eagles-Mint-Sealed-/330555974874?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf6abe4da

 

[Militoy]

What about the pratinum?

I'd rather talk about the Gord!

 

[Claudie]

Wanna buy a little bit of silver?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Pallets-Monster-Boxes-25000oz-Silver-Eagles-Mint-Sealed-/330555974874?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf6abe4da

That's $54.90 each. I don't know what the issue price is but that doesn't look like a good deal at today's spot.

 

[Anonymous]

Lol.....this was a question posted about the rubiks cube auction


" Q: What is the date the artist finished creating this artwork?
A: It was four twenty, twenty and four."